

We cuddled for the first time after 8 years of being broken up.... "Wait! pull over here... let's look at the city over the bay..." Travis requested. Confused, I pulled over instead of just taking him home like usual.... “Yea, sometimes I walk down here just to look at it, a lot of people who live here never take the time…” We sat in silence, admiring the Seattle skyline at night. I low-key didn’t want that moment to end, as that tightness in my chest would return shortly after I would drop him off…. “Wanna lay in the back?” He asked. “Yes… let’s “ I smiled awkwardly. Pleased at the idea of connecting. We laid next to each other on our backs, on top of the blankets, fully clothed… talking for a long time, I could talk about anything forever with him… eventually we laid on our sides facing each other. I wondered where this was going… but I felt safe. We scooted closer together, until our legs were wrapped around each other. “Want to be the little spoon?” Travis asked